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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 27, 1912.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 287.
Regulation made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 3 of the Sugar Convention Ordinance, 1904, (Ordinance No. 14 of 1904), on the 20th day of September, 1912.
The Regulations relating to Sugar (other than Sugar in transit) made by the Governor- in-Council on the 30th June, 1905, and published in the Government Gazette of the 7th July, 1905, as amended by the Governor-in-Council on the 24th January, 1906, and pub- lished in the Government Gazette of the 2nd February, 1906, and as published on pages 526 ard 527 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1910. are hereby further amended by the substi- tution of a comma for a full stop at the end of Regulation No. 4, and by the addition to the said Regulation of the following words :-
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or he may (without requiring any security) issue a permit for the temporary deposit of such sugar in Holt's Godowns, Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, and thereupon such sugar shall be held and disposed of as the Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall direct.'
20th September, 1912.
No. 288.
Order made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 16 of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, (Ordinance No. 34 of 1910), this 27th day of September, 1912.
The Order-in-Council dated the 26th day of April, 1909, defining the districts into which the New Territories shall be divided for the purpose of the New Territories Land Ordinance, 1905, is hereby rescinded and the following Order substituted :--
It is hereby ordered that there shall be established two District Land Offices for the purpose of carrying out the Provisions of Part II of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, and it is further ordered that for the purposes of the said l'art II of the gaid Ordinance the New Territories shall be divided into two districts, viz. *
(a.) One District to be hereafter called and known as the "Northern District" to include the whole of the New Territories situate on the mainland ex- cepting such portion thereof as is by this Order included in the Southern District and including all Islands which are East of Longitude 114.10 and North of Latitude 22.15 excepting the Islands of Tunglung, Futau Chau and Slope Island.
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(b.) Another District to be hereafter called and known as the "Southern District" to include that portion of the New Territories situate on the mainland as is delineated and shown on a plan marked "Southern District Mainland dated the 1st day of May, 1912, signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office of this Colony, and the remainder of the Islands in the New Territories not included in the Northern District.
And it is further ordered that the Office for the Northern District shall be situate at Tai l'o in the New Territories and the Office for the Southern District shall be situate in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.
The above Order shall take effect as from the 1st day of May, 1912.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
27th September, 1912.
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R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Councils.